St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-02

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PIH1SSYS rare perfection of de-
lr6E4SGAS tail, and with Rich
kSMEzNaHM ard Mansfield as the
EmEjn p star. prince Karl''
MtESIE is merry play, with
fH1T Ky a plot deepened by
ElRills many complications
lac enc is laid in Germany. Karl Won
AtHhelm, prince of the German empire,
who has been rendered p enniless by the
| profigacy of his father. meets and falls in
love with lovely young Arr erican girl
He has previously engaged himself,
in moment of desperation growing
ou5 OF his financial distress to seheming
and elderly widow of supposed wealth. To
escape from this odious marriage the prince
feigns insanity, and subsequently pfetends
to have committed suicide. He engages
service in the family of his American
sweetheart in mental capacity and sue
ceedS in winning her heart. Mr.. Mansfield
appears in the dual role of Prince and
Courier. He is supported by Misses Cam
eron. Effie German. Emma Sheridan Ade-
laide Emerson. Joseph Frankau. George
Eldrdge, Cyril Scott, Albert Roberts,
William L. Malley, Louis Woodthorpe and
James Burnett. The cast is very strong
one, each one of the principals
having made reputation in their
piO1CooIoh. lIO pay ID III 1ONi
ats and oyerfows with merriment
all the way through. Mr. Mansfield
is a young actor who has gained wonder
full reputation as comedian, and already
takes rank with 10 jefferson. He is an
accomplished musician, and many of his
musical specialties are introduced in
prince Karl" which was written especi-
ally to suit his accomplishments Mans
fields enlargement begins tomorrow night.
and continues Tuesday and Wednesday
nights and Wednesday matinee.
KATE CASTLEFoN.
The latter part of the week Kate Castle
toms Comedy company will hold the boards
at the Grand, commencing Thursday night
and continuing the remainder of the week,
including Saturday matinee. Miss Castle
ton takes the engagement which was to
have been filled by Clara Morris, and will
appear with strong company in ''fhe
Crazy Patch" a play which was constructed
for Laughing purposes only" 1t has been
several years since Miss Castleton was last
here. when the bright little Coincidence
made great hit with her song, For Good
ness Sake" Her new songs are 1.-The Spi-
der and the Fly" and The Good Young
Man Who Died" Miss Castleton is well
supported with superb comedy company.
Signor Jannotta will produce for the first
time his new opera. ''Alidor. at the Grand
opera house in this city early in June.
Musical conn0isseurs pronounce ''Alidor'' a
grand success and predict that it will be
one of the most captivating operas that has
ever been produced in this country. The
lbretto was written by Hon. Charles An
derson, of Cincinnati while the musical
composition and orchestration is Signor
Jannotta's. The principals in the produc-
ton of the opera will be Marie Stone, Agnes
Huntington, Tom Karl and w. Fl. McDon-
aid. Prof. Studley will be the musical
director and Fred Williams the stage
manager A chorus of sixty ladies and
gentlemen will be organized, principally of
the signor's pupils, and it promises to be
the best chorus that the people of this city
ever listened to. Invitations have been
issued for private chorus rehearsal, to be
held at Nathan Ford's music rooms on
Third street Thursday evening, Jan. 6.
1t was estimated that it would cost So, 900
to provide the casting and all the requisites
to put the opera on in proper shape. A
| number Of prominent citizens of this city
| promptly came forward and subscribed to
guarantee fund to secure Signor Jannotta
against losses in the first production OF his
| opera, and the requisite IS. 900 was raised
| in short time. Arrangements have
! been made by Sign0r Jannotta with
! Col l.. n. Scott, the genial and enterprs-
Ing manager of the Grand opera house, to
act as treasurer and business manager of
! his production of 'Alidor." The following
gentlemen contributed to the guarantee
fund:
William Davidson, $500; ]. R. Parsons and
Dennis Ryan, $500 each; r. c. Munger,
| Nathan Ford, A. E. Whitney, J. a. Murphy,
P. H. Rosehe ]. H. Donahue, L. D. Merrill,
Jr., Edward B. Emerson, Edmund Rice, J. E.
Raymond, George Seibert, A. G. Postle-
| thwaite, William H. Wilcox, F. Driscoll, T. f.
| Cakes, Richard Lehman, Charles T. Dunbar
and l.. n. Scott, 500 each, and the following
| $40 each: Clarence H. Johnston, George
| Thompson, Maurice Auerbach, f. G.. Draper,
c. Jones, E. Manufacturer, Albert Scheffer,
| Dresqueth s. Drake, H. P. Rugg,
E. F. Warner, E. G. Handy, Henry Hutchin-
! son. l.. NJ. Cay, T. L. Schumacher, H. r. Bige-
low, H. S. Fairchild, S. Lee Davis. W. B..
! Ewing, L. n. Densiow, W. A. Mcclure, J. w.
Chamberlain, J. W. Thompson, Charles w.
| Hornick, George r. Finch, John T. Averill,
Fred P. Wright, NJ. P. Peabody, w. H. Kon-
anti & Bro, j. W. Wheelock, d. d. Lambie.
d. A. Montfort, ]. S. Robinson, L. Mussetter,
| I. +. Wilde, L. II. Maxfield, A. w. Peet, J.
| Fairchild s. Co., E. A. Brown, J. B. Tarbox,
Bull & Ferry, r. R. Nelson, Edward Simon
| ton, George Benz, George L. Gaunett, Alex
Stone. c. Williams, John 5. Prince, P. D.
Ferguson, E. II. Cutler, George Wirth, f. D.
Hoyer, Allen, Moon & Co., K. P. Cullen, Louis
c. H. Bigelow, C. c. Coleman, T.
B. Mowett. E. ]. Abbott, Lyon &
Brown, S. Van Wyck. J. H. Skinner.
Walter Mann, John F. Willius. G. B. Closou,
| c. NJ. Griggs, H. N. Knox, George Palmer,
George c. Stone T. L. Blood. E. ]. Frost, f.
navy w Willxan IOhO q
geiser, E. G. Rogers, G. W. Bacon, G. w.
Magee e. Rice. Jr., John Waun. C. A.
| Wheaton. A. McLaren, c. J. Montford, J. II.
| Hanson, w. A. Van Slyke, ]. I. Geehan, Park
Richie, James King. d. ". Heard, E. L..
! Norton, NJ. b. Curry, S. K. McMasters, J. H.
| Murphy, j. A. Quinn, r. B. Gauska, E. F.
| Warner, Kayanaugh g. Dawson, S. L. Davis,
J. B. Sanborn, j. w. Rogers E. P. Barsford
| and Talbot Jones.
AT THE OLYMPIC.
Business continues fair at the Olympic
For the coming week the attraction will be
Armstrong 81 McBrdes Irish Tourist COM
pany, bright vaudeville show given by
James Gilday, Frank Kent, Rose Sydell,
| Charles II. Emmett, Armstrong and Nc
Bride. Annie Petrie, Ed Rush, Jessie Bry-
| ant. May johnson and several others. At
the solicitation of their patrons the manage
ment announces that it will allow any
amateur, male or female, to appear on the
stage Thursday, Jan. 6.
Valuable New Years Gift.
The employees of the Minnesota division
of the American Express company yester-
day made W. A. Naylor, the superintend-
ent of the division, present of horse.
buggy. harness and robes. This division,
when the recipient took charge of it. was